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flying saucer

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flying saucer

–noun
any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
Compare UFO.


Origin:
1945–50
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flying saucer  
n.  Any of various unidentified flying objects of presumed extraterrestrial origin, typically described as luminous moving disks.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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